Safety catch for pins



March 4 1924.

F. P. KINTZELE SAFETY CATCH FOR `PINS Filed March 19. 1923 wipe/179A Fatented hier. si, 1924. Y

lassen FELIX P. KINTZELE, 0F ST.` LOUIS, MSSOURI.

SAFETY CATCH FOR PINS.

Application led March 19, 1923. Serial No. 625,979.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnrx P. KiNrZnnu, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Safety Catch for Fins, of which the following is a specifica tion. f

This invention relates to safety catches for pins.

An object of the invention is to provide an adjunct to the presentvknown catches on bar pins and the like that will function as a safety catch per se and, in addition, will hold the pin close to the cloth to which it is attached and, moreover, will tend to prevent the present catch at the end of the pin from becoming disconnected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a safety catch for use on barpins thatmay be attached to the pins without defacing them or detracting from their ornamental appearance and which serves to engage the pin between the usual pivot and the usual catch in a way to function as a safety catch and hold the pin close to the cloth.

In the drawings of a conventional pin having my invention in connection therewith.

Fig. 2 is an elevation-showing the side of the bar to which the pin is pivoted and showing the pin in engagement with the safety catch.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 showing one form of safety catch.

Fig. 1- is a similar sectional view showing another form of safety catch.-

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view showing still another form of safety catch designed and adapted for use on a jeweled bar pin.

In the invention as shown in Figs. 1 to 4t inclusive the bar 1 is of conventional construction and has the usual pin 2 pivotally connected thereto near one end. The pin 2 is upon a pivot 3 mounted in a projection 4 that is rigidwith the bar 1 so that the pin is slightly spaced fromthe bar in a familiar manner. The free end of the pin is pointed as usual, so that it will readily penetrate the cloth to which the pin is to be secured. The bar near the end opposite from the end to which the pin is pivoted has a catch 5 of the usual or any suitable construction adapted to be engaged by the pin 2 after the pin has passed through the cloth.

As stated the present invention is an ad Fig. 1 is a side elevation junct to the above describel familiar construction and consists of a safety catch attached vto the bar approximately midway between the pivot 3 and the catch 5 andis designed and adapted to engage the pin 2 approximately midway of its length to servel as a catch per se to prevent the 'bar pin from falling off and to hold the pin close to the cloth, and it also places the pin under stress whereby likelihood of the pin becoming released from the catch 5 is considerably re-' duced. One appropriate form of the catch is shown in Fig. 3 wherein the catch comprises a pair of arms 6 having their ends 7 curved 'backwardly toward the bar and converging as they approach the bar, leaving a space between them that is .relatively Wide at its outer portion and that tapers to a width less than the diameter of the pin 2 at the inner ends of the extremities 7 The inner ends of the extremities 7 are beveled away from each other to form a seat for the pin 2 when the pin is' forced between the ends 7 to said seat. In this adjustment the pin 2 is under "stress, being curved more or less toward the bar 1 between the pivot 3 and the catch 5. In this position -the pin 2 is held against an abutment 8 so that said pin is firmly positioned.

In the variation shown in Fig. Ll the catch comprises a post 9 and a spring member 1() attached to the bar 1 in spaced relationship so that the pin 2 may be forced 'between them where it will be retained by shoulders 11 on the post and the spring.

In the variation shown in Fig. 5 the bar 1 has a jewel setting 12 and the base 13 of the catch7 which otherwise is the same as that illustrated in Fig. B, is constructed to span the setting 12 so that it does not interfere with the jewel.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the pin is .passed through the cloth and out, and again through the cloth so as to leave an exposed portion of the pin for engagement with the catch as will be readily un derstood by reference to Fig. 1. When in engagement with the catch the pin is held slightly flexible and under stress so that my invention serves as an adjunct to the present catches constituting a safety catch per se and also holds the pin close to the cloth. rThe invention obtains all of its intended objects and purposes in a highly efficient and economical manner and the safety catch may be made in various other forms than those shown. Ido no1*J 1estrot-myself to thespeeio formsfof the eat-cheshoXw/n, but contemplate such variations in the form and design of the oetlohpls lmay be found desirable or expedient.

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